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Tiger-Heli:
Sounds like you'll be in good shape whenever you get ready to look at this.

--- Quote from: unclet on March 16, 2007, 08:57:04 am ---Also, MALA allows for a BAT file (or anything really) to be executed prior to launching the specific emulator.   It seems I can simply create a BAT file to launch the associated script, which would then in turn launch the emulator if I understand you correctly ....... this seems fine.
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Almost correct - The script does not actually call the emulator.  The way I set it up, the batch file calls the script and then the batch file calls the emulator.  However, the script is also set up so that it exits from memory when the key to close the emulator is pressed, so you don't end up with the script still loaded after you have quit back to the FE.

I don't know if MALA can call a batch file and then have the batch file launch the emulator, or if the batch file would just pre-load the script and Mala would then launch the Emulator itself.  Either way would work, you just would need to include or remove the call for the emulator from the batch file.

One thing that will be required - For MAME where every game has a different hint image file - Mala will need to pass the romname to the script (or specifically to the batchfile that loads the script), but from the help files it looks like it is set up to do this normally.


--- Quote ---Regarding (3) ......  This seems a lot easier to me.
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We got our terms confused - what you are calling (3) is what I considered to be (2), but I'm on the same page with you - You want default emulator keymappings, you already have encoder mappings to correspond to this, and you want the script(s) customized to match these.  Sounds easy enough!!!


--- Quote ---Basically, if I had to reinstall all my emulators a few years down the road, then I do not have to remember how each special keyboard encoder or emulator needs to be mapped.   I can simply use the default settings of the emulator and use the associated AHK script already created right away to get pause working again.
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Provided you have the encoder mappings and AHK scripts backed up somewhere before whatever happened that requires you to reload the emulators. ;) 8) :cheers:   

unclet:
loadman
Hope everything is doing well with you  ....  I have been working on a bunch of new updates in my jukebox software fo rthe past 3 months so I have not really been keeping up with other stuff as often I as normally did. 


Tiger-Heli
Yes, I always have everything backed up in case disaster strikes (harddrive crash, children deleting stuff by "accident", etc..)   Also, I believe MALA can be configured to simply execute the batch file and not the actual emulator directly.  I believe everything is possible.   When I get time I will try setting up the script stuff for my Atari2600 emulator.

Thanks again, and I will be in touch when I get more for this.     Leaving on vacation soon. 

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